If you are looking for employment, you are probably aware that a phone interview is increasingly becoming common among recruiters. To ace your next one, be more aware of smiling constantly, says Paul Bailo, author of The Essential Phone Interview Handbook.

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Remember to smile: You can’t sound bored or uninterested if you have a smile on your face. Put a mirror on your desk to see your facial expressions when you talk. You have no body language with which to reinforce your personality; it’s all about the voice.

Talking to Fast Company, Bailo suggests a few other methods, including ones we have suggested earlier, like dressing up even if the other person can’t see you. He also advises looking up your interviewer online so that you put a face to the voice on the other end. And we have plenty more tips for nailing that phone interview.